Citater om wisdom

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
To become a champion, flight one more round.
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding that limit
I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.
The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.